Evil Jak said:
A random person said:
Democracy is the best form of government, as the people are in control and you aren't oppressed without hope of government change without revolution, but it should be direct, none of this electoral shit (I'm American, pardon my ignorance on British systems). Also, the secret ballot must be preserved, as when you introduce social factors and others knowing people become retards, unlike what they are alone.
And to Max, first of all, sorry for posting and thus ruining my 666 posts, and second, your motto is dead on for what people are like: smart alone, retards together.
Wait, wait, wait... woman with flames, I am pretty sure that communism as it is SUPPOSED to be is the best form of government. People are actually in control, like they have a say in everything... The problem with people is they are lazy and they dont want a say in everything, you have seen the voter turn out... In general it is pretty poor, now imagine that with every government decision... people would stop caring before long, especially with the boring stuff like "where EXACTLY should we put these 3000 speed camers?".
To be honest, I'm not seeing too big a difference between the two. Both are, at least in theory, governments totally run by the people. Communism just has more emphasis on distribution of wealth. I went with democracy because communism, thanks to the emphasis on even distribution of wealth (a good thing in theory), tends to develop a powerful central government that is rather oppressive (*cough*stalin*cough*). That and some capitalism is helpful, as long as it's well regulated and there's constant push to improve. It's just bad when selfishness with no regard for others starts to take its toll.
In practice there would be a need to elect officials to handle certain tasks, I just don't think they should have the great power and dominance they have. They should just be people we get to handle the dirty work because of their competence and because we can't be bothered, and we'd monitor them and be able to replace them, of course.